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The Value of Reaching Out and Forming Photographer Communities

The Value of Reaching Out and Forming Photographer Communities | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Being a photographer can sometimes be a lonely prospect. Even photographers that often work with people as subjects or on crowded streets will have to put in countless hours alone, editing their work. This fact only makes it even more important for photographers to actively reach out and form communities, if not for the sake of their work then at least for the sake of their social lives and sanity.

A few years after moving to Atlanta I was invited to attend a local photographer meet-up. It would later turn into a monthly meet-up, at least for a little while, and it was easily responsible for one of my biggest periods of growth as a photographer.

This wasn’t necessarily because the meet-up was particularly informative or instructive, but because the environment was refreshing and it was nice to engage with other photographers from different backgrounds in a casual, non-competitive arena. It was akin to being back in a really good class at college, but now you actually have some semblance of what the heck you’re doing.

The group also provided several opportunities that can be difficult to find outside of the classroom. We would have monthly critiques of each other’s work, we’d discuss new software or our old favorite go-to’s, and we even had a couple of guest speakers. Know what you want the group to be before you start it. Don’t let the group vote on it. Democracy is a great thing but often, in situations like this, it just means a muddled message of what you’re trying to achieve. Instead of pleasing everybody you usually just end up with chaos.


Kitty Fisher's insight:

Understanding that Photography whether it involves being in the darkroom or the virtual darkroom, you can't be interrupted. But that also can lead to a misunderstanding with those around you. Finding a community were being competitive doesn't mean anything, but you can gather and just hang out or talk.

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Lifelogging Camera Maker Memoto Has a New Name, $3M in Capital and a Ship Date

Lifelogging Camera Maker Memoto Has a New Name, $3M in Capital and a Ship Date | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Memoto, the company behind the wearable camera that automatically documents the user's life by taking a photo every 30 seconds, has a new name, $3 million in fresh capital, and plans to start shipping product next month.

First, the name. It seems Motorola objected to the "moto" half of the company's name because they actually have it trademarked. So Memoto was forced to rebrand and is now know as Narrative, with the device itself named the Narrative Clip.

The Clip, about the size of an iPod Nano, is designed to be clipped somewhere on the user’s person. Once clipped, it automatically snaps a 5-megapixel photo every 30 seconds to document your life.

Photos, along with metadata from the device’s built in GPS, are uploaded to a cloud-based storage system and can be accessed via iPhone or Android apps to construct an ongoing documentation of the user’s life in far greater detail than anyone would have thought necessary a few years ago.

Photos can be searched within Narrative’s servers so you can, say, find the name of that restaurant you went to a month ago but forgot about. And one of the most useful features of the clip is that you won’t be logging any unnecessary photos: if the camera is in your pocket or off your person, it stops taking shots.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Are you documenting your life? Then this 'The Clip' is exactly right up your alley. As a timeline analyze that snaps a photo every 30 seconds. The cool thing, is you don't have to worry about dropping this somewhere and it continues to take photos. Once it is off your person, it stops.

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The Unexpected: a film photography project, Google Glass and the Photographic compositions that you must know

The Unexpected: a film photography project, Google Glass and the Photographic compositions that you must know | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Double exposure has been on this weeks agenda. With that said this new film photography project that Hendra Lauw has started will be one that may be a but revolutionary. There is nothing new to the whole take a few photos and rewind...then start back over creating a second image over the top. But with this, there will be no expectation or any planned events. This will be a pure, right moment...at the right time. Stepping outside of the rule of thirds, this idea has launched into a clever thought, process.


I've heard about the Glass by Google for a few months. How...mobile photography may have a run for it's money with these new glasses. Because evidently why would you need to have a camera if the glasses you are wearing shows a face to face image, in clarity and from the view point of your own eye. That's basically saying, what I see will be recorded.  As the date looms closer to the smart glasses release, the ultimate question may be answered. Will this be the one invention that triumphs over mobile photography?


What makes a photo? What makes it worth catching someones eye and keeping them there? Compostion, some of the most famous images...say the one of Marilyn Monroe, would it be loved as much if she had been more to the bottom right hand corner, instead of right smack dab in the middle? It's hard to say because she is a corner stone of Old Hollywood. Nonetheless, learning how to frame a composition whether you have a rule of thirds, lines to guide you through the scene or cropping up close, to preserve the face of monument. Take a second glance at what you are photographing and ask yourself, "Will this do?"

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How Blur can be in Focus, an Affordable Slow-Motion Camera and the Golden Hour for Lighting

How Blur can be in Focus, an Affordable Slow-Motion Camera and the Golden Hour for Lighting | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Motion or blur photography can be misleading. Meaning we would throw away those slightly out of focus and blurred moments. But what if you could focus in on a blurred action. Capturing movement can make even the most skilled eye become more filled with zeat and excitement for your stream of photos. Every noe and again, setting your camera out on an adventure towards Hong Kong's nightlife or  a panaramic view of a concert venue that has stood up to punk shows galore. I for one, think that learing how to pan about to get that one fantasic motion blurred shot, but in focus could make your photography stand out.


This small device called the 'Edgertronic' has perked my attention. A super slow-motion camera, that has high resolution. Usually these small cameras are basically a pinhole camera, to start children early with the idea of developing their photographic eye. But when two MIT-trained engineeres collaborated on this mechanical idea, movie magic was suspected to happen. It operates in full color and has a high rate of resolution. Not wanting to test out this camera would be a mistake.


Lighting has been showing up more lately. How to light up your studio for the right portrait shot, balanced white light and well and endless supply of what you are suppose to do. Instead, take a hike and find the 'golden hour.' So many opportunites are lost when we forget about available light. Showing off a silhouetted individual amongst the most glorious colors in the sunset sky, then haloing a small child playing in a field. Maybe it's because we seem to be caught up in the newest outcomes from every camera angle, that going outside may be the only studio, you'll ever need.

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Apple's Touch ID already bypassed with established 'fake finger' technique

Apple's Touch ID already bypassed with established 'fake finger' technique | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

A hacker group in Germany claims to have defeated Apple's new Touch ID biometric security system by using a modified fingerprint lifting and "fake finger" creation technique. 


According to a detailed walkthrough of the bypass provided by the group's biometrics hacking team, the iPhone 5s' Touch ID hardware is, in effect, merely a higher resolution version of existing sensors. This means the system can be defeated using common fingerprint lifting techniques, albeit at a more refined level.

"In reality, Apple's sensor has just a higher resolution compared to the sensors so far. So we only needed to ramp up the resolution of our fake", said a CCC hacker nicknamed Starbug. "As we have said now for more than years, fingerprints should not be used to secure anything. You leave them everywhere, and it is far too easy to make fake fingers out of lifted prints."

While the process is somewhat complex, the thinking behind it is straightforward. In this case, a high-resolution 2400 dpi photo of a user's fingerprint was harvested from a glass surface using graphite dust or cyanoacrylate (the main ingredient in Super Glue) and a camera. The resulting image was cleaned up and inverted with photo editing software, then laser printed at 1200 dpi onto a transparent sheet.

To create the fake fingerprint, pink latex milk or white wood glue is laid over the printout and allowed to set. Once cured, the dummy can be peeled off the transparency, breathed on to produce a thin layer of moisture, and applied to a finger. This will grant access to a Touch ID protected device, CCC claims.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Well fingerprint technology is not foolproof. With this in mind, it's good to know that the biometrics part of the phone may not be its best attribute but there always seems to be som kind of flaw once a new phone comes out. Was I shocked, no not really? It was just a matter of time before someone tried something out and these hackers in Germany, did just that.

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Nikon Reveals the AW1, the World's First Waterproof and Shockproof Digital ILC

Nikon Reveals the AW1, the World's First Waterproof and Shockproof Digital ILC | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

We told you yesterday to watch out for a "rugged" Nikon 1 announcement in the next 24-hours, and lo and behold, it happened. Introducing the Nikon 1 AW1, a camera Nikon is calling “the world’s first waterproof and shockproof interchangeable lens camera,” with a convenient asterisk added in for those of us who remember the Nikonos system.

The announcement is a nice change of pace because, for once, we didn’t have a bunch of photo and spec leaks ahead of time. Thanks to a Nikon Rumors report, we knew to get excited about a rugged Nikonos-like waterproof camera, but only now that it’s official do we really know anything about it.

Inside the waterproof, freezeproof and shockproof shell, the Nikon 1 AW1 is basically a Nikon 1 J3. You’ll find a 14.2-megapixel CX sensor, an EXPEED 3A processor, ISO range between 160-6400, a 73-point AF array and the ability to shoot Full HD 1080p photos.

Of course, that’s not why the AW1 is special. It’s special because this particular ILC can go underwater to a depth 49-feet, withstand drops from as high as 6.6 feet and work in temperatures as low as 14° F. To further please adventure-seekers, it also comes with a waterproof pop-up flash, GPS, altimeter, depth gauge, electronic compass and virtual horizon indicator all built-in.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

That announcement that Nikon was talking about yesterday is here. The Nikon 1 AW1 which just so happens to be the first waterproof and shockproof, interchangeable lens camera. That's a mouth full but it's being relied upon as freezeproof as well. They should just nickname this camera the ultimate 'Safari' camera.

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Sony QX10 Mobile Lens Hands-On: This Is The Future Of Mobile Photography

Sony QX10 Mobile Lens Hands-On: This Is The Future Of Mobile Photography | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

No matter how many likes you get on Instagram, no matter how many filters or apps you put your photos through: if you took the shot on a smartphone, it sucks. Meet the saviour of mobile photography; the Song Q lens series. A portable Franken-lens that clips onto any smartphone and immediately turns you into the Ken Duncan of mobile photos.

The QX10 is packing a 20x optical zoom, a 1/2.3-inch image sensor and a slot for a microSD card. It takes standard Sony Cybershot camera batteries and it’s able to be charged up via the microUSB slot on the back. It lasts for 110 minutes on still shots and 55 minutes on continuous video recording. It’s set to hit the market soon and it’ll cost you $279.

The shots it takes look pretty awesome, but the zoom function is where it really shines. That’s what the QX10 lens is meant to be great at: zoom. Low-light functionality suffers somewhat, but that’s where the next model up comes in.

The QX100 is designed to produce the same image quality as the gorgeous Sony RX-100 Mark II that was announced at IFA in Berlin. It’s packing all the same features, but under the hood lurks a 1-inch Exmor R sensor for low-light shooting. That one’s still on its way and will cost $599 when it gets here.


Kitty Fisher's insight:

As I read more and more about the Sony Q lens series, my anticipation can't quite be contained anymore. Since a lot of us do not want to have to walk around with our laptop hooked up to our camera, which would need to be hooked up to our phone...just to get a decent camera phone shot. These small, handheld lens have given photographers the answer they needed. Read more of the review to see the technicalities of the Sony Lens.

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Google Nexus 7 (2013) Price Dropped to $219.99 At Future Shop | Geeky Gadgets

Google Nexus 7 (2013) Price Dropped to $219.99 At Future Shop | Geeky Gadgets | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Google Nexus 7 II is one of the best Android tablets available in the market. The tablet is priced at $229 for the 16GB version while the 32GB version costs $269 in Google Play Store.


The device features a 7-inch IPS LCD display with 1920 x 1200 pixels resolution, quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC with a clock speed of 1.5GHz, 2GB RAM, 16/32GB internal storage, 3,950 mAh battery, and runs Android 4.3 Jelly out of the box.



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Strobist: On Assignment: Photography for Social Media

Strobist: On Assignment: Photography for Social Media | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it
The world's most popular free resource for learning how to use off-camera flash.


For me, the first thought of social media headshots was in an email exchange a while back with fellow blogger Ben Popken. He was sporting a cooler-than-thou avatar pic, and I asked him about it.

He told me that he "had it done," by photographer Nikola Tamindzic [NSFW]. In an instant, this made total sense to me. We register visual impressions in a fraction of a second, and Ben was smart enough to make the most of that for his online presence. Think of the number of images that hit you on a given day, and how efficient you are at making subconscious assessments based on image content and style.

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Copyrights, Inspirational Photographs and the Projecteo...

Copyrights, Inspirational Photographs and the Projecteo... | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Copyrights have been brought up over the pass few days, one maybe thanks to Facebook and how they keep changing privcay rules and, well rules in general. But to add this bit of advice again, if you are a photographer and you base your company on a social media outlet suh as Facebook. Please think again or have a strong watermark, because knowing that your work could be used in advertising that you will have no part of...can be damaging to your career.


Coming across inspirational images can be a common thing on any search engine. But between Northern Ireland, a surf capturing the perfect moment or a breath-taking photograph taken from a Hot Air Balloom in China...it's hard not to feel as if, you could take a photo just like that. Well these ideas let our imaginations run wild and that box we tend to stay in, gives us the jump to think outside of it. Take those colorful inspirations and come up with your very own.


Now Instagram has been talked about for the last year. But this little projector called 'Projecteo,' has to be an adorable invention. Well we put all our images on Instagram, you can now have them create small slides for your tiny projector. Who would have thought! For a fee and an article, where a lady tested it out and couldn't stop talking about it. I couldn't stop thinking that this already exists but the newer generation have no knowledge of the classic, projector and sildes. Now they can have fun with it and learn a little about history while in the process.

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250 Million Reasons You Should Register Your Photo Copyrights

250 Million Reasons You Should Register Your Photo Copyrights | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

A Photo Editor recently updated us on the Richard Reinsdorf v. Skechers case, which illustrates the complexity of copyright violation cases and re-emphasizes the necessity of copyright registration.

The good news is that the United States District Court in the Central District of California ruled in favor of a copyright violation despite Skechers position that they were a co-author of the images because they had taken delivery of his RAW files and made “slight modifications in the models’ skin tone…” among other changes.

In any copyright infringement suit, damages can be awarded as either “actual” or “statutory.” Actual damages for copyright infringement can be notoriously difficult to calculate.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Copyright laws have had loop holes and generally at times it's hard to now what is right and what can be done. Whether a company is using your photos illegally, and why we need to copyright our images.

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Hands on: Nokia Lumia 1020

Hands on: Nokia Lumia 1020 | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

It's the mother of all camera phones, but otherwise Nokia's Lumia 1020 isn't a significant step up from its Lumia 92x Windows Phone 8 predecessors. Nokia has always tended to make camera phones which happen to be smart, rather than smartphones which happen to take photos. Never was this more obvious than at the Nokia N8 launch back in 2010 when then Nokia Australia managing director Emile Baak talked about nothing but the impressive 12-megapixel camera, after which journos roasted him over the fact that the phone still ran Symbian.

Nokia's Lumia 1020 offers a mouth-watering number of pixels for a smartphone, but these days most gadget lovers have already aligned themselves with iOS, Android or Windows Phone. Only serious photographers would contemplate switching smartphone ecosystems just for the quality of the camera. If you're that serious about photography then you probably prefer to lug around a dedicated SLR. Or you might be crying out for the best of both worlds, in which case this is probably the smartphone you've been dreaming of.




Kitty Fisher's insight:

Before you go out and buy, one of the newest critically acclaimed camera phones, having a bit of a second opinion can help make your decision. It may be one of the best camera phones out there but does it hold up to it's competitors such as an Android or a Windows Phone?

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Microsoft buys Nokia, Sony redefines Mobile Photography and Weddings become viral

Microsoft buys Nokia, Sony redefines Mobile Photography and Weddings become viral | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Microsoft annouces a $7.2 billion buy, when the European owned Nokia transfers over to the American business. This was considered one of the biggest steps into a new, bold future. Then Sony started making headlines, once mobile photography may change forever. You'll be able to hold the lens in one hand and the camera in the other. Giving you full range and visibility to capture at a moments notice.


One of the fun things about weddings, is that you never know exactly how the reception will turn out. Marketing director Michael Kammes wanted to be able to show what he saw once he started to walk down the aisle to his bride to be. Then Ellie and Quang have made waves in the viral world, with their slow-mo photo booth video. Showcasing that friends that like playing jokes on one another and a couple becoming husband and wife, has become a thing of legend.

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The Beastgrip Lets You Add SLR Lenses & Accessories to Almost Any Smartphone

The Beastgrip Lets You Add SLR Lenses & Accessories to Almost Any Smartphone | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

There are all kids of systems for clamping a lens onto a phone, but few are as versatile as the Beastgrip, a Kickstarter project about halfway to delivery stage. Not only will the gadget work with just about any smartphone, it'll also adapt lenses and other accessories you may already have for you SLR.

The rig consists of a sliding frame that will securely clamp your phone into position so its lens is lined up with the Beastgrip’s 37mm threaded lens mount. From there, it’s up to your gear bag, wallet and imagination.

Properly sized conversion lenses and filters will work well with little modification. Throw in enough step-down rings and/or depth-of-field adapters, however, and you can work with one of the prime lenses you already have for your SLR. The project page shows compelling results using fisheye, wide-angle, telephoto and macro lenses.

But Vadym Chalenko, the Chicago-based inventor of the Beastgrip, didn’t stop at adapting glass to your phone. The rig also includes five standard quarter-inch threaded mounts and a cold-shoe for securing a tripod, speed lights and any other accessory that will fit.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Naming this the 'Beastgrip' was an understatement. But the perfect name. This grip will use your smartphone, to position it into place to use the 37mm lens, mount it and walla! You've got a reimagined camera, before you.

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Are Selfies Killing the Photo Album?

Are Selfies Killing the Photo Album? | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Young people love to take selfies and don’t really care about printing photos and putting them in albums. That might not be the biggest shocker of the year, but a new British survey at least puts some numbers to this amateur photography trend that’s leaving us with a lot fewer prints and a lot more digital clutter.

The poll, commissioned by Samsung, asked 3,000 young adults about their photo habits, and the biggest finding was that a full 30% of the photos taken by people age 18-24 are selfies, with men more likely than women to turn the camera on themselves.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

So selfies are affecting the family photo album. This doesn't come as a shocker but it does mark a low point in the printed photo realm. Hopefully photo albums will make a come back and those classics will have a place to stay.

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Researchers Develop Method for Getting High-Quality Photos from Crappy Lenses

Researchers Develop Method for Getting High-Quality Photos from Crappy Lenses | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

There are many reason high-quality lenses cost as much as they do (and in some cases that is quite a lot), and one of them is that high-end lenses use many specially-designed elements that are perfectly-positioned to counteract aberrations and distortions.

But what if you could correct for all of that in post? Automatically? With just the click of a button? You could theoretically use a crappy lens and generate high-end results. Well, that’s what researchers at the University of British Columbia are working on, and so far their results are very promising.

The technique was presented at SIGGRAPH 2013, and it may some day provide a software alternative for those who can’t afford high-end glass. For their experiments, they developed a hand-made lens using only one element and then processed the resulting test images through their software to generate sharper results.

But the basic premise is that once this software knows the point spread functions (PSFs) of your cheap lens, it can correct for blur, distortion and aberration and “recover” a high-quality image.


Kitty Fisher's insight:

This bit of information was astonishing. I've had this exact problem with as they point it, a crappy lens. But now that their is a software that basically will act as your lens, but in the editing room. Well that's something else.

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Canon Student Network launched for young aspiring photographers | What Digital Camera

Canon Student Network launched for young aspiring photographers | What Digital Camera | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it
Student photographers pay attention: Canon has unveiled an exciting new scheme across the UK and Ireland to provide engaging and educational photographic experiences.

The new Canon Student Network will give students access to opportunities such as seminars on photography business from professionals in the industry, a headline photo competition where one winner will have his or her image featuring as the header for a major Canon ad campaign and a chance to "Shoot the Show" at London Fashion Week.

Canon also says that the programme will provide great networking opportunities that should give those seriously considering a career in photography a little extra push to get on the first rung of the ladder.
Kitty Fisher's insight:

Canon has out done some of their competitors with this idea. Launching a Student Network, giving countless opportunities from professionals in the industry. Wow, I wish I had this when I was goin to photography school! Although this is in the UK, it still gives out the question, when will this hit stateside?

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Underwater Photography, Sony QX10 and QX100 and the Tokina Rain Dispersion Filter

Underwater Photography, Sony QX10 and QX100 and the Tokina Rain Dispersion Filter | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Once Nikon unvieled their underwater, shockproof and freeze proof camera. It was only time before those underwater photographs would be popping up all over. For now, we may have to wait till all those people get there hands on the new Nikon AW1. But figuring out that the natural light above the surface, of course will be reflected all too 'off' under the surface. Instead of that beaming red light, the blue light is absorbed and basically shot off in every direction possible. But stay a few inches towards the top of the water to capture the color, a bathing suit or border collie naturally possesses.


Portable, small and clipped to the back of your phone. Sony has outdone themselves. The new Sony QX10 and QX100 reviews have started and they fair to a higher purpose. While the whole subject about being able to hold the lens in one hand and your mobile device in the other is questionable. Once you've transformed your phone into a makeshift camera...that high tech advancement will turn your instagram from 'just an account' to 'pro.' While the price is a bit steep (but then again you was shocked) the investment would be worthwhile.


I've had fun with researching the Tokina Rain Dispersion filter, a photographers dream. Honestly to be a professional or to have a business, I love those portraits where a couple stands on a bridge and the city of lights surround them. Now I've always wanted to test that out, but with rain. With the filter, which one side clearly captures the rain but through the viewfinder you wouldn't see a droplet at all. Magic! This type of lens is usually used in security cameras, I guess it just took the Japanese company a bit to put, two and two together.

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Four Innovations that Could Revolutionize the Photography Industry

Four Innovations that Could Revolutionize the Photography Industry | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Good or bad, photography as a medium is closely tied to the technological heritage of our cameras. As a result, technological developments often influence the tyoe of gear we use and the type of photographs we take. With that in mind, here are some areas of innovation that are likely to create even more change in the way we take pictures and the way manufacturers design cameras in the future. 


The liquid lens uses electrical signals to shape a drop of liquid to focus light on the film plane. According to some, liquid lenses offer the potential for an 85% size reduction in lenses, and they’ve already been used in a number of imaging devices like security cameras and barcode scanners.

So far, no one’s been able to build a liquid lens large enough and sharp enough for use on a high-end digital camera, but the potential isn’t lost on lens manufacturers. Olympus, Sony, Samsung and Canon have all filed patents for liquid lens systems


Tech savvy camera-owners have already found plenty of ways to tinker with their gear on the back-end. The folks at Magic Lantern, for example, have already figured out how to grab RAW video from certain Canon DSLRs, and have even put a simple video game on the Canon EOS 7D.

But just recently, Sony released the Application Programming Interface (API) for a small portion of its camera lineup, allowing developers to build apps for smartphones that can communicate with wireless Sony cameras. It looks like Sony hopes third parties will use this information to build wi-fi remotes for its cameras. It’s a positive sign that Sony is open to distributing proprietary data to the public, just like Apple did for its iPhones back in 2008.

If Sony, or another camera manufacturer, continue down this path and open up more of their private development tools, they’re sure to see new and inspired programs created for their cameras.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Thinking about the Photography Industry can be a little down and a head held high. And with these four inventions, it would be a reason to hold your head up high. My favorite has to be the liquid lenses, which are used in security cameras and barcode scanners but they reduce up to 85% of any condensation on the camera. Pretty nifty.

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The Tokina Rain Dispersion Filter Has No Problem Keeping Water off Your Lens

The Tokina Rain Dispersion Filter Has No Problem Keeping Water off Your Lens | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

For those people who are fed up with constantly wiping water drops off of their lens when shooting in rainy weather, Tokina has a pretty ingenious solution for you: a hydrophobic "rain dispersion filter."


The filter was created by Tokina in cooperation with Japanese broadcasting corporation NHK, and as you can see from teh demo, any water that is sprayed onto the filter just beads up and rolls right down. It's similar to what you see with hydrophobia coatings like NeverWet, which are often used for industrial purposes.

Even more impressive is the view from the other side of the viewfinder. Althought from the front it looks like the view would still be obscured some, the water that is being sprayed onto the filter hardly shows up at all, and then only for a spilt second before it's gone.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Living in a rainy state, can complicate things. But finding out this filter can keep the water off of your (expensive) lens. Can save you money and time. Going out on those rainy days to maybe capture a unique reflection of the Effiel Tower in a storm can now be more of a possibility.

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Nikon Files a Patent for a 100mm Medium Format Lens

Nikon Files a Patent for a 100mm Medium Format Lens | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it
Recent rumors have hinted that Canon might be making a move into medium format — be that by investing heavily in a medium format manufacturer or building its own camera — but a new patent seems to indicate that Nikon is at least thinking about it...
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New Sony QX Series “Lens-Style Cameras” Redefine the Mobile Photography Experience | Imaging Insider

New Sony QX Series “Lens-Style Cameras” Redefine the Mobile Photography Experience | Imaging Insider | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Merging the creative power of a premium compact camera with the convenience and connectivity of today’s smartphones, Sony today introduced two“lens-style” QX seriescameras that bring new levels of fun and creativity to the mobile photography experience.

The innovative Cyber-shot® DSC-QX100and DSC-QX10 models utilize Wi-Fi®connectivity to instantly transform a connected smartphone into a versatile,powerfulphotographic tool, allowing it to shoot high-quality images and HD videos to rival a premium compact camera. It’s an entirely new and different way for consumers to capture and share memorieswith friends and family.

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American Society of Media Photographers warns about new Facebook T&Cs: Digital Photography Review

American Society of Media Photographers warns about new Facebook T&Cs: Digital Photography Review | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

"The American Society of Media Photographers has warned its members to 'beware' Facebook's proposed new terms of service, which - it claims - would allow the social media giant to 'exploit your name, likeness, content, images, private information, and personal brand by using it in advertising and in commercial and sponsored content - without any compensation to you.


The depressing answer is that if the changes are made official, there's nothing users can do directly, since according to the A.S.M.P. 'Facebook has specifically removed the language from their TOS that allows you to limit how your likeness, information, and content are associated with brands, commercial uses, or sponsored posts. They have also removed the clause that makes them subject to the privacy limits set in place by you on your profile.

The A.S.M.P. suggests that members 'become informed', 'spread the word', and 'call for action' from other professional organizations with whom they work to 'ensure fair and respectful treatment of users by online services like Facebook and Instagram."

Kitty Fisher's insight:

As a Facebook user and a photographer. I would steer clear of this media website. But if you use it, none-the-less you need to know what the company giant is up to. I usually just post the photos that I wouldn't mind being posted that I don't have a strong connection to. But knowing that you may be exploited and may very well not be credited, along with it. Every photographer needs to know this.

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Apple Unveils New iPhone Camera with a Larger Sensor and Slow-Motion Video

Apple Unveils New iPhone Camera with a Larger Sensor and Slow-Motion Video | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

Today is a big day for tech sites and Apple fanboys alike because it's the day that the Cupertino-based company announces their newest iPhones - the more affordable iPhone 5C and the more capable iPhone 5S - and as you might expect given the smartphone camera culture, the more expensive of the two came with some significant camera improvements.

The iPhone 5 (and 5C), the sensor boasts a 15% larger active sensor area, and peers out at the world through an all-new Apple-designed five-element f/2.2 lens — that translates into a reported 33% increase in light sensitivity.

iPhone 5C and 5S has a special "True Tone" flash that uses a white and an amber LED to yield the perfect intensity and color temperature.

Finally, the camera’s video capabilities have also been improved. You can now shoot slow-motion 720p video at 120fps, and go back in-phone to select where you want your video slow-mo and where you’d prefer regular speed.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Today is the day Apple has released the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S. While one is more affordable and the other has a more expensive taste, but it also comes with some fancy features. And now we have read about the improvements but we will have to wait until the reviews come in. Knowing that one is more affordable has it's highlights, but my question is which one will late longer?

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Kodak Officially Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Kodak Officially Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy | Mobile Photography | Scoop.it

It's been a long and depressing tunnel, but Kodak has finally reached the light at the end. Over a year and a half after declaring Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, the once-great camera giant officially reached the end of its financial troubles yesterday.

The new Kodak is a company focused entirely on business imaging solutions, which CEO Antonio Perez explained to the AP means “packaging, graphic communications and functional printing,” all three based on Kodak’s commercial printing technology."

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Kodak has now seen the light at the end of the tunnel. So what will be next for the company giant?

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